The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-07-24
TIE FRIENDLY MONARCHS.

OF the three European emperors that
Germany, with the aid of Austria, is
making arrangements for the over
throw of republicanism in France, or
the conquest of France. They under
stand. that successful republic in Eu-
rope is standing menace to all the
monarchies on the continent. They
remember that the uprisings OF the
peoples in l84S meant the overthrow
of monarchy all over that continent,
and they are intent on preventing any
such catastrophe in future.
Austria cannot successfully resist
the Russian encroachments..in the Bal
kans without the powerful aid OF Ger
many, and these two powers have Sc
cured the cooperation of Italy, now
an important naval power in the Med
iterranean waters. The price they
pay TO Germany for her aid is non
interference In case of war between
Germany and France.
Distrustieg the friendship OF Rus
sia. and fearful that she might In
certain contingencies take sides with
France, emperor William, while COM
planning that his feeble health pre-
vented him from meeting his dear
friends Francis Joseph, OF Austria,
and Alexander, OF Russia, found time
to visit his own strong fortress OF
Kiel, which he desires to make as ef-
fectual key to the Baltic as Gibral-
tar is to the Mediterranean.
Kiel, in 81 degrees north latitude,
belonged to the duchy Of Holstein
until Schleswig and Holstein were
captured by Austria and Germany
from Denmark, and fell to Germany
as part of the spoils of the war be-
tween these two conquering powers.
1t had been regarded as of no greater
importance than belonged to a town
about thirty Thousand population, the
market place of the adjacent Danish
islands; but military men discovered
that its srocky fortress was by nature
as impregnable as that of Gibraltar.
With this fortress properly armed,
the kaiser can assure his friend the
car that the Baltic states and the
capital itself of Russia are perfectly
safe from invasion by Great Britain
as well as France, or, as the czar can
easily understand, that the emperor
of Germany carries the key to the
Baltic in his pocket, and can open
it or close it to whomsoeYer he will.
This is what may be read between
the lines of whatever communications
may pass between these two dear
friends.
Meanwhile, the Notifications along
the lines between Russia and Ger
many are being duly strengthened, by
way of rendering more permanent the
amicable feeling between the two
friendly powers.
Turning to Asia, we are informed
that the authority of the ameer of
Afghanistan is threatened by a for
midable insurrection, very probably
melted by Russian emisssries, while
the Russian bear and the British lion
are growing at each other over GER
tain desirable points in and near the
still disputed line of demarcation, and
Germany is patting the shah Of Per-
sia on the back and whispering in his
ear that he shall suffer no harm.
England, which caught Tartar in
Egypt, and, with the cordial assent of
the sultan, is anxious to let it go
having trouble enough in India and
at home-fnds great trouble to shake
off Egypt and the money lenders.
The sultan is cringing before the
czar on the one hand and holding
feebly to his European possessions
with the other. Spain is in constant
terror. of popular instructions, and
the same is true of Persia. Great
Britain, the most democratized mon
archy in existence and the natural
ally of France, is held in check by
Germany, as well as by Russia; and
embarrassed by her Turkish and Egyp-
tian complications. All the great
European powers are staggering un-
der the weight Of war debts, the inter
est on, which is impoyerishing their
people, and the principal of which the
masses will eventually repudiate.
France, reported to be the most heav-
lily indebted of them all, may escape
the catastrophe, because France is
already a republic, and because her
debt is owed to her own people; and
the same peasant hand which pays in
terest on the public debt also receives
interest on SO much of the debt as he
owns.
<~0N the third of August, says the
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